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Minecraft: Pi Edition available now
Minecraft: Pi Edition is now available for download directly from Mojang. The first release is light on features, but it’s also completely free. It was tailor-built to work with the tiny Raspberry Pi computer, and features “a revised feature set and support for multiple programming languages”. Mojang hopes it will encourage beginners to jump into ... Read More»
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Posted: Feb 11, 2013 at 6:34pm
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Avalanche CEO CV Hints at Just Cause 3 for Next Xbox and PlayStation 4
Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios is working on two unannounced next generation titles, one of which is believed to be Just Cause 3. The two titles are mentioned in the LinkedIn profile (via Superannuation) of Avalanche Studios co-founder and CEO Christofer Sundberg. The first title is an open-world action game with no announced publisher. “Avalanche ... Read More»
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Mojang has had offers from “nearly every major gaming company”
Everybody wants a piece of Minecraft developer Mojang, but its founders refuse to sell up. In an interview feature on Reuters, Mojang founders Markus “Notch” Persson, Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser reportedly said Mojang has had acquisition offers from “nearly every major gaming company in the world”. EA is known to have been one of ... Read More»
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Mojang’s reported earnings for 2012 were $240 million
Minecraft developer Mojang’s reported earnings for 2012 were $240 million (£152 million), according to comments made by CEO Carl Manneh and reported by Swedish site IT24. “It’s almost hard to grasp,” Manneh told Swedish author Thomas Arnroth, who is writing a book on the developer. “It’s easy to become a bit blind working at Mojang. ... Read More»
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Limited Lego City Undercover Edition Comes With Lego
Gamesta.com gets more info on the Nintendo Wii U exclusive Lego City Undercover. This open world experience will come in a limited edition that includes a real figurine of the main character. A 3DS prequel for Chase McCain is also on the way... Read More»
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Minecraft Xbox 360 Update 8 now available through XBL Arcade
And so it was, that Update 8 for Minecraft Xbox 360 was released today as promised, and it was good. Those pining for performance improvements made to the enchantment interface were most moved by the event. Fear not other, fellow miners of craft, we hear the Nether Fortress, Blaze Spawner and Nether Wart were also ... Read More»
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Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition update eight may arrive this month
Minecraft Xbox 360 edition’s latest update may arrive before the end of the month, 4J Studios has said on Twitter. The update still has to pass certification testing, and seems mostly composed of fixes rather than adding any significant new featu... Read More»
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GTA 5: new pre-order art snapped at GameStop
Grand Theft Auto 5 is landing in Spring – we’re still waiting on a release date Rockstar, no rush eh? – and a gamer has snapped a new piece of game art in a GameStop store. It might not make the wait much better, but it should help a little. Want more art? Rockstar has ... Read More»
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Deadly Premonition: Director’s Cut gets a trio of gameplay videos
Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut is coming to a PS3 near you, and publisher Rising Star Games has posted three gameplay trailers to whet your appetite for SWERY’s weird and arguably wonderful thriller. GameTrailers has the clips exclusively so we can’t host them here, but you can watch all three clips by hitting the links. ... Read More»
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Disney Infinity games include on-disc DLC of upcoming movie assets
Disney Infinity will release a new disc every year pre-loaded with assets from upcoming Disney movies. Speaking with VideoGamer, executive producer John Vignocchi admitted Disney is taking a significant risk of assets leaking ahead of a film’s release thanks to hackers poking around in on-disc materials. “That’s something that we’ve made the film-makers aware of. ... Read More»
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Minecraft snapshot 13w04a is now available to download
Minecraft snapshot 13w04a is now available. According to Mojang, it contains a “fancy” new scoreboard system, new functionality to dispensers, and a few other things which we found rather humorous and were unsure how to interpret. You can r... Read More»
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City releases on PSN next week
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City will release on PSN next week as a PS2 Classic, Rockstar has announced. The developer also said more “classic” games from the firm will be releases on the service in the “weeks and months to come.” We’re guessing these new titles will include Midnight Club and Midnight Club 2, due ... Read More»
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Terraria console trailer shows off 8-player action, new final boss teased
Terraria is heading to PS3 and Xbox 360, courtesy of publisher 505 Games. The company sent VG247 its brand-new trailer for the console build, which shows off the game’s rather lovely visuals, 8-player online multiplayer mode, starting tutorial and world map feature. You even get a glimpse of new armour, pets and ultimate weapons in ... Read More»
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Don’t Starve dev discusses the power of community word of mouth
Don’t Starve is the indie survival game from Mark of the Ninja and Shank team Klei Entertainment. It’s a title that has become notorious among gamers with next to nothing in the way of marketing. It is very quickly becoming a word of mouth success, and Klei founder Jamie Chen has shed light on the ... Read More»
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Lego City Undercover trailer is Grand Theft Awesome
Lego City: Undercover has received a rather funny and playful Wii U trailer, showing off some cinematics, vehicle gameplay, bar brawls, and some high-flying action above the city streets. It’s the smallest, most inoffensive take on street crime w... Read More»